Slide Or Reagent Sheet Type Patents (Class D24/225)
  • Quality control of assays
    Publication number: 20040016035
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and methods for determining the quality of reagents used in an assay process, particularly a multistep immunohistochemical assay. In particular, the device comprises a substrate with a plurality of compounds affixed to a substrate, where each compound is reactive with a reagent used in the assay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: Alton David Floyd
  • Electrochemical test strip
    Patent number: D501560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Diabetes Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynsey Whyte, Erica Mary Beck, Emma-Louise Robertson, Darren Iain Mitchell
  • Assay card for an assay chamber
    Patent number: D501678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Cardiovascular Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Oberhardt
  • Handheld medical test device
    Patent number: D509901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Andrew P. Phelan, Stephen P. Sharrock
  • Pregnancy tester
    Patent number: D511574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company LLC
    Inventor: Susan Wendling
  • Pregnancy tester
    Patent number: D512156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company LLC
    Inventor: Susan Wendling
  • Blood glucose test strip
    Patent number: D512512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Wachovia Bank, National Association
    Inventors: Douglas E. Bell, Gary T. Neel, Houston F. Voss
  • Sample processing device
    Patent number: D513075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Christopher R. Kokaisel
  • Handheld medical test device
    Patent number: D523964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Andrew P. Phelan, Stephen P. Sharrock
  • Chip carrier for biosensor
    Patent number: D528215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Biacore AB
    Inventor: Jörgen Malmsäter
  • Chemical reagent test slide
    Patent number: D530826
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Russell Rich, James M. Sellers, Haydn B. Taylor
  • Cartridge
    Patent number: D531321
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Akubio Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Peterson Godfrey, Lucy Sheldon
  • Test device
    Patent number: D474278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Orasure Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Sam Niedbala, John W. Scott, Peter A. Bourdelle, Hans H. Feindt
  • Pregnancy tester
    Patent number: D548854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventor: Susan Wendling
  • Visual blood glucose test strip
    Patent number: D477670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Lifescan, Inc.
    Inventors: Franklin A. Jurik, Mimi Diemmy Dao, Carol F. Chang, Lisa L. McLeod
  • Pregnancy tester
    Patent number: D554765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc
    Inventor: Susan Wendling
  • Specimen slide cover
    Patent number: D557816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Vision Biosystems Limited
    Inventors: Chester John Henderson, Jonathan McKinlay
  • Card carrying an array of compounds
    Patent number: D480815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Discovery Partners International
    Inventors: William R. Ewing, Robert K. Neeper, Rhett L. Affleck, Gordon W. Hudson, John F. Bridwell, John E. Lillig
  • Test device
    Patent number: D481800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Orasure Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Sam Niedbala, John W. Scott, Peter A. Bourdelle, Hans H. Feindt
  • Counting chamber—2 chamber slide for counting cells in biological samples
    Patent number: D566849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Leja Prodducts B.V.
    Inventor: Jan Pieter Willem Vermeiden
  • Counting chamber—8 chamber slide for counting cells in biological samples
    Patent number: D566850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Leja Products B.V.
    Inventor: Jan Pieter Willem Vermeiden
  • Microscope slide assembly
    Patent number: D569990
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Millennium Sciences
    Inventor: Harry Fisch
  • Body fluid assay device
    Patent number: D570490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Laverack
  • Double window testing device
    Patent number: D486917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: LifeSign
    Inventor: Larry Porter
  • Body fluid assay device
    Patent number: D571019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Laverack
  • Body fluid assay device
    Patent number: D571020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Laverack
  • Control solution container
    Patent number: D571928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Bionostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Minna A. Rannikko, Thomas M. Pizza, Edelizete S. Pauplis, Randy H. Byrd
  • Biological test strip
    Patent number: D572369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Oxoid Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Dimmer, Carl Smith, James Anthony Michael Lees-Smith, Bryan Stevon De Caux
  • Body fluid assay device
    Patent number: D574966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Inverness Medical Switzerland, GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Laverack
  • Body fluid assay device
    Patent number: D575876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Laverack
  • Body fluid assay device
    Patent number: D575877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Laverack
  • Plastic diagnostic card
    Patent number: D491276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Inventor: Babette Langille
  • Cover tile
    Patent number: D495425
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Vision Biosystems, Limited
    Inventors: George Goris, Chester Henderson, Andrew McLellan
  • Assay device
    Patent number: D495805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Umedik, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Lea, Michelle Gal, Nicole Szabados Haynes
  • Slide for use in chemical or biochemical procedures
    Patent number: D495806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Exiqon A/S
    Inventor: Mikkel Nørholm
  • Specimen testing device
    Patent number: D497209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Daiichi Pure Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naomi Ukon
  • Specimen testing device
    Patent number: D498850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Daiichi Pure Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naomi Ukon
  • Pregnancy testing stick
    Patent number: D499812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: AS.Pire Bioresearch Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Te Wu
  • Assay testing device
    Patent number: D499813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: AS.Pire Bioresearch Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Te Wu
  • Assay device
    Patent number: D500142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Inventors: Andrea Crisanti, Uri Friedlander
  • Body fluid assay device
    Patent number: D592759
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Laverack
  • Blood testing chip
    Patent number: D595860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Yokogawa, Shun Momose
  • Blood testing chip
    Patent number: D595861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Kageyama, Yoko Hayashi, Akinori Yokogawa, Shun Momose, Hidetaka Okada, Toshihiro Mori
  • Blood testing chip
    Patent number: D596310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Yokogawa, Shun Momose, Toshihiro Mori
  • Blood testing chip
    Patent number: D596757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoko Hayashi, Akinori Yokogawa
  • Electrochemical test strip
    Patent number: D598126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Lifescan Scotland Limited
    Inventors: Manuel Alvarez-Icaza, Lynsey Whyte
  • Diagnostic test strip
    Patent number: D602165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Oxoid Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Dimmer, Ian Thomas Hart, James Anthony Michael Lees-Smith, Ali Malone
  • Testing device
    Patent number: D602599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH
    Inventor: He Xiaowei
  • Assay device and housing combined
    Patent number: D606664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Quidel Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce L. Jacono, John C. Barry
  • Test strip
    Patent number: D617468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignees: Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim microParts GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Marquordt, Murray Whyte, Christian Schoen, Thanh Tu Duong